Pop art is now most associated with the work of New York artists of the early 1960s such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenburg, but artists who drew on popular imagery were part of an international phenomenon in various cities from the mid-1950s onwards. Following the popularity of the Abstract Expressionists, Pop's reintroduction of identifiable imagery was a major shift for the direction of modernism. The subject matter became far from traditional "high art" themes of morality, mythology, and classic history, rather, Pop artists celebrated commonplace objects and people of everyday life, in this way seeking to elevate popular culture to the level of fine art. Perhaps owing to the incorporation of commercial images, Pop art has become one of the most recognizable styles of modern art.
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| JASPER JOHNS (1930-) 'Numbers in Color', 1958-59 (encaustic and newspaper on canvas) |
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| EDUARDO PAOLOZZI (1924- 2005) 'I was a Rich Man's Plaything' , 1947 (collage) |
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| ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) ‘Marilyn Diptych’, 1962 (silkscreen on canvas) |
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SIR PETER BLAKE (1932-)
'The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Album Cover, 1967 (record sleeve)
'The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Album Cover, 1967 (record sleeve)
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| ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923-1997) 'Whaam!', 1963 (oil and acrylic resin on canvas) |
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